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Lol, Why are you so angry at them? Its normal for a country to use their star, especially if they are not stacked with class players. Messi and Ronaldo played most of their international until the recent World Cup. Plus, it's up to the manager no?
2-0. Son with an assist for the second goal too.
That pretty much confirms South Korea will top the group, which means his next game is the round of 16 on the 22nd January which South Korea will likely win as they will end up playing the likes of Bahrain, Palestine, Kyrgyzstan, Oman etc. - his quarter final would then be 25th January where he'll play one of: Iraq/Iran/Qatar/Saudi Arabia.
Best we could probably hope for is Iran who are one of the better teams in the competition. If not, then hes likely to play one of Australia/Japan in the semi finals which could see them knocked out and he'll be home for the Newcastle game.
Assuming Iran will top their group too, Korea wont face them till the final.
So were you ok or even happy maybe to see Son being used to the very last minutes of the game? what was it, 87th min?
We should give him a chance on corners.
Eriksen always seem to smash the ball into the first man.
It honestly doesn't matter mate, CORNERS ARE A WASTE OF TIME, they are are not goalscoring opportunities.We should give him a chance on corners.
Eriksen always seem to smash the ball into the first man.
We should give him a chance on corners.
Eriksen always seem to smash the ball into the first man.
Hence 'best hope'
Is the higher probability of scoring cancelled out by the difficulty to it get past the first man though?Not against seeing us mix up the corner takers a bit, but I remember reading an article about corner techniques, and it explained Eriksen’s approach.
In a nutshell, there’s a much higher probability of scoring if you get the ball close to (and past) the first man, but achieving that is more difficult than just smashing it into the box.
Is the higher probability of scoring cancelled out by the difficulty to it get past the first man though?
How many players can consistently hit those kind of corners for it to be worth it?
Otherwhise the corner is just wasted.
I think that tends to be the casem the only problem is whether or not you have a player who can hit it past the first man enought times to be worth it.From memory it was something like most corners floated or smashed into other areas of the box would be cleared, but very few would lead to a goal. Corners aimed close to the first man were more likely to be cleared, but the percentage of goals shot up if the ball gets past them.
I’ll see if I can find the article. It did seem to make sense. Essentially a hit and hope that almost certainly won’t lead to anything vs a precise cross that if it comes off has a good chance of leading to a goal.
Yeah he might as well win it since he's gonna miss games anyway, will only give him more confidence alsoI hope Sonny wins the thing. It's important to him and he's important to us. Injuries have already fucked our season. Sonny's happiness and enthusiasm is infectious...I want him to come home beaming.
For all I know, Messi / Ronaldo played almost every game for their national side despite having more class players in the roster until the recent world cup.
From memory it was something like most corners floated or smashed into other areas of the box would be cleared, but very few would lead to a goal. Corners aimed close to the first man were more likely to be cleared, but the percentage of goals shot up if the ball gets past them.